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DLA Piper vice chair takes up strategic role amid US leadership shake up
US head Frank Ryan ushers in latest reshuffle including new position of Advisor to the Chair
Claimant firm taking on BHP in £5bn suit strikes £100m funding deal
Backing from ESG-focused investment firm follows landmark UK Court of Appeal judgment against mining giant
Wachtell and Quinn Emanuel called in as Twitter court battle with Musk looms
Musk's dramatic bid to abort his $44bn takeover is heading for the Delaware Court of Chancery
Pinsent Masons elects leading corporate lawyer as next senior partner
Andrew Masraf to succeed long-serving senior partner Richard Foley in October
KKR hires Simpson Thacher M&A co-head as general counsel
Kathryn King Sudol to succeed US private equity giant’s veteran GC David Sorkin
Pinsent Masons posts 16% hike in PEP against 6% rise in revenue
‘Purpose-led’ growth sees fee income top £530m as PEP reaches £739,000
Withers adds seven new partners in London-focused round
Five move up in the UK capital as firm targets growth in dispute resolution, corporate, finance and IP to serve core client base
Clyde & Co’s £700m merger with BLM goes live
Combination creates UK's 11th largest law firm by revenue and largest casualty insurance team
Baker McKenzie completes 2022 partner promotions with 52-strong international round
Summer tally follows 23 North America appointments in January with the overall proportion of women rising incrementally to 37%
BT announces multi-year expanded partnership with managed legal services provider Factor
Agreement includes increased deployment of ‘empowered negotiators’ with remit to take on more complex work
Eaton promotes new CLO from within as former head departs for Intel
Taras Szmagala takes top legal job after 15 years at the American-Irish power management giant
BCLP secures real estate and insolvency partner quartet in Frankfurt from DLA Piper
German practice grows to 60 lawyers as firm targets further expansion in key market Germany
Star appellate attorneys quit Kirkland after Supreme Court gun victory
Duo to form boutique following Chicago giant’s decision to drop Second Amendment cases
US push helps Kennedys post 8% revenue rise
Global turnover hits £286m for FY2021/22, buoyed by 24% hike in North America
Gett head of legal joins London logistics startup as GC
Chris Fletcher’s hire follows Infinium Logistics launching £500m EV fleet charging real estate fund last month
Squire Patton Boggs launches UK ESG strategy, commits to net-zero carbon emissions by 2035
US firm also pledges to introduce full supplier audit and achieve 25% women partners by 2026
Hogan Lovells and Herbert Smith Freehills act in £5bn London real estate merger
All-share merger of Capco and Shaftesbury one of the largest public M&A deals to be announced this year
Six Flags adds chief legal officer from Sabre six months after axing GC role
Aimee Williams-Ramey joins following 'strategic reorganisation' that saw GC Laura Doerre leave last December
Clifford Chance adds funds partner in Hong Kong from Kirkland & Ellis
Liyong Xing is the third partner to leave Kirkland in Hong Kong since the start of the year
Revenue jumps 19% at Osborne Clarke to €407m as UK PEP nears £800k
Top 25 UK firm hands out 5% profit share to its UK employees along with performance bonuses of up to one quarter of base salary